What Are Hepatitis Profiles Used To Test For

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Good day Doctor McGovern. I had a hepatitis profile last week for pre-employment purposes.I recently got my result and got this. I will break it down via table format.Test name - cut-off value - Patient Count - ResultHBsAg - 0.346 - 1.512 -...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I would get a HBV DNA test to see how much virus is in your blood and I would also get serial ALT testing to see if your liver function tests remain abnormal or not over time.... Read more »

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hbsag-reactiveanti hbs-reactiveanti hbe- reactivepls. interpret. is it possible?... Read more »

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Hi..i just got a hepatitis profile and hope you can help me to analyze it...HBsag,confirmatory/... Read more »

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